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UK Publishes Draft Guidance on Penalties for Enablers of Tax Avoidance Schemes

24 October 2017

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United Kingdom

On 20 October 2017, UK HMRC published draft guidance on new legislation for enablers of defeated tax avoidance schemes. The legislation essentially provides that a person is liable for a penalty when the abusive arrangements they have enabled are defeated (tax advantage counteracted by HMRC). For this purpose, a person who has enabled abusive tax arrangements is defined as a person who: Is a designer of arrangements; Is a manager of arrangements; Marketed the arrangements; Is an enabling participant in the arrangements; or Is a financial enabler in relation to the arrangements. Where an abusive arrangement is defeated, the penalty...